Big Bow

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Big Bow

Total population

86

Median home value

$0

3.6%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$0

Elevation965 m

Land area13.03 km²

Weather62°F · Clear

Coordinates37.56°, -101.56°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Big Bow is a census-designated place (CDP) in Stanton County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 32.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Big Bow, KS from NOAA NWS API.

Nearby places in Kansas

• Hugoton
  29.1 mi away
• Syracuse
  30.1 mi away
• Rolla
  30.9 mi away · pop. 542
• Satanta
  32.3 mi away
• Coolidge
  41.3 mi away
• Elkhart
  42.7 mi away
• Garden City
  48 mi away · pop. 28,151
• Pierceville
  53 mi away
• Kismet
  53 mi away · pop. 414
• Tribune
  63.9 mi away · pop. 758
• Horace
  64.5 mi away
• Leoti
  64.7 mi away

Browse all places in Kansas →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Big Bow

What I Saw In California

Edwin Bryant · 1848

The chronicle of jazz

Mervyn Cooke · 2013

Winsor McCay

Winsor McCay · 2003

Prayer and action

Ernest Edward Holmes · 1911

Search results from Open Library.

Recent natural events nearby

• Wildfire Sheep Pen, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-12 · 101 mi
• Wildfire Rabbit Ear East, Union, New Mexico
  Wildfires · 2026-08-24 · 114 mi
• Wildfire Semi 270, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-01 · 134 mi
• Wildfire Burnt Canyon, Woodward, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-08-15 · 143 mi
• Wildfire Old Deer, Carson, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-23 · 146 mi
• Wildfire Post, Las Animas, Colorado
  Wildfires · 2026-08-11 · 161 mi
• Wildfire Black Kettle, Roger Mills, Oklahoma
  Wildfires · 2026-09-14 · 163 mi
• Wildfire Brown, Oldham, Texas
  Wildfires · 2026-08-09 · 171 mi

Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

sand sagebrush

Artemisia filifolia

Seen 2026-04-29

Common Sootywing

Pholisora catullus

Seen 2024-07-22

buffalo-bur

Solanum rostratum

Seen 2023-06-28

silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Seen 2023-06-28

Bullsnake

Pituophis catenifer sayi

Seen 2023-06-28

Woodhouse's Toad

Anaxyrus woodhousii

Seen 2021-09-18

Frothy Moth

Plagiomimicus spumosum

Seen 2021-08-05

Great Plains yucca

Yucca glauca

Seen 2020-06-01

Prairie Rattlesnake

Crotalus viridis

Seen 2019-06-02

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).